pence: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of the rule but i rise from my heart with a deep sense of gratitude to t american people. to urge my colleagues in both parties to join us as we keep oupromise to the american people and next week vote to repeal their government takeover of health care, lock, sew stock -- stock, and barrel. i know democrats said at the time that they had made history. i said at the time i thought we broke with history. we broke with some of our finest traditions, limited government, personal responsibility, and most profoundly the consent of the governed. on a late sunday night in march, the last majority had their stay . on a tuesday in november the amican people had their say. and that brings us to this moment. it is remarkable to hear members in the minority explaining their opposition to this bill. only in washington, d.c., a year ago, only in washington, d.c., could you say you were going to spend trillions of dollars and save people money, and this morning only in washington, d

green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adding to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' health care plan. that's only in texas. 2.8 million texans who have medicare coverage will be forced to pay co-pays now for prev

pence: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of the rule but i rise from my heart with a deep sense of gratitude to the american people. to urge my colleagues in both parties to join us as we keep our promise to the american people and next week vote to repeal their government takeover of health care, lock, sew stock -- stock, and barrel. i know democrats said at the time that they had made history. i said at the time i thought we broke with history. we broke with some of our finest traditions, limited government, personal responsibility, and most profoundly the consent of the governed. on a late sunday night in march, the last majority had their stay . on a tuesday in november the american people had their say. and that brings us to this moment. it is remarkable to hear members in the minority explaining their opposition to this bill. only in washington, d.c., a year ago, only in washington, d.c., could you say you were going to spend trillions of dollars and save people money, and this morning only in washing

pallone: thank you, madam speaker. today is rules package -- today's rules package reveals one thing and it is hi pack rassy. the republicans' first act in the majority will be to allow a legislative process that goes back to exploding our national debt. it will replace a strict pay-as-you-go policy to cut-as-you-go in which mandatory spending that needs to be paid for but tax cuts do not. that means republicans can tut taxes for the rich and increasing the deficit as they do it. but, madam speaker, it gets worse. the republicans know the new health care reform bill reduces the deficit by over $1 trillion over the next two decades. and they put an exemption in their rule, as long as we're repealing the health care reform we can -- they're failing to live up to the standard they have set for themselves. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. e secretary: i

green: thank you, madam speaker. i thank my colleague from the rules committee for allowing me to speak. i ask unanimous consent to place my full statement in the record. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. green: i rise in strong opposition to this rule on h.r. 2, patient's rights repeal. just yesterday the congressional budget office said that this repeal would cost $230 billion in additional federal debt. it's amazing this is our first major piece of legislation and the republicans are already adding to the national debt. the issue facing our country is jobs. instead of repealing health care, we should be bringing up a jobs bill like the china currency reform. where is that bill on the floor with the new majority? let me tell you what this bill will do. at least in texas we will see tragedy happen. 161,000 young adults will lose their insurance coverage through their parents' health care plan. that's only in texas. 2.8 million texans who have medicare coverage will be forced to pay co-pays now for prev

madam speaker, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the gentleman from arizona. mr. pastor: i yield two minutes to the gentlelady from pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from pennsylvania is recognized for two minutes. ms. schwartz: last saturday in tucson and across the country, so many americans, including myself, were horrified and saddened at the shooting at the congressional outreach event. the senselessness, violence, magnitude of death and injury was stunning and alarming. it's a personal tragedy, a national tragedy and heartbreaking and wrenching, because we all share in the provided of our representative democracy. members reaching out to their constituents and constituents having the opportunity formally and informally to talk to their representative in congress is at the core of our responsibilities and a value we all hold as americans. even as we mourn, as americans we cannot allow this to diminish or deter our civic interactions.

cantor: thank you, madam speaker. madam speaker, i yield one minute to the speaker of the house, the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the house, is recognized for one minute. the speaker: madam speaker, my colleagues today, we are called here to mourn. an unspeakable act of violence has taken six innocent lives and left several more, including our colleague, gabrielle giffords, battling for theirs. these are difficult hours for our country. among the fallen is gave zimmerman, a member of congresswoman giffords' staff, a public servant of the highest caliber, one of our own. and even in our shock, we are composed and determined to fulfill our calling to represent our constituents. this is the great cause for which gave gave his life. we swore an oath to uphold the constitution and at the time of the attack, he was engaged in the most simple and direct of democratic rituals. listening to the people. listening to his neighbors. the brutality that shattered saturday mor

madam president, i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: how much time is remaining in morning business on the minority side? the presiding officer: six minutes and 47 seconds. mr. durbin: i ask unanimous consent to reserve that time. i don't believe there's another republican senator on the floor and -- the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: and ask consent to begin the democratic side of the morning business. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. durbin: thank you, madam president. madam president, i listened closely to the speech given by the senator from south dakota about the deficit, and i was thinking as he gave the speech that it was a good one, but a little bit of history is, i think, warranted at this moment. in the year 2000, 11 years ago, president william jefferson clinton was leading office. we had gone through a period of budget surplus -- surplus. we were taking the budget surplus generated each year and buying more longevity in social secur

pallone: thank you, madam speaker.today is rules package -- today's rules package reveals one thing and it is hi pack rassy. the republicans' first act in the majority will be to allow a legislative process that goes back to exploding our national debt. it will replace a strict pay-as-you-go policy to cut-as-you-go in which mandatory spending that needs to be paid for but tax cuts do not. that means republicans can tut taxes for the rich and increasing the deficit as they do it. but, madam speaker, it gets worse. the republicans know the new health care reform bill reduces the deficit by over $1 trillion over the next two decades. and they put an exemption in their rule, as long as we're repealing the health care reform we can -- they're failing to live up to the standard they have set for themselves. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. the secretary:

thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: members are reminded to address their remarks through the chair. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan rise? >> madam speaker, i request unanimous consent to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman from michigan is recognized for one minute. >> madam speaker, while campaigning this fall, people in northern michigan made it clear that they are not happy with the government takeover of health care. that's why i'm pleased that one of my first votes in congress will allow me to keep a promise to my constituents and vote to repeal that legislation. mr. benishek: as a surgeon who spent more than 30 years working directly with patients, i view the government takeover of our health care system as an attack on the doctor-patient relationship. now, as a member of the freshman class of 2010, i invite all members to join us in repealing this law and developing realistic hea

slaughter: thank you, madam speaker.and i am pleased to say this morning i am delighted to be here. i want to give my congratulations to mr. dreier on reclaiming the rules seat, and we are very keen on our side to make our case before you today. actually, my head is somewhat spinning because not 20 minutes ago the new speaker of the house of representatives stood where you are and said he's going to be listening to people but the first order of business before the house came from the delegates who this rule disenfranchises, not only the delegate of the district of columbia but all the teverers to -- territories, they didn't get to say a word. my head is spinning at that point. and we hope they can get unanimous consent so they can get some message into the record. but it's, again, part of the rhetoric of the last campaign that keeps spinning in our heads. all we want to do, they said, was to bring down the deficit. we're going over the cliff, we have to bring down the deficit. as we stand here today on the brink of a new

bragey: madam speaker, this body is -- mr. braley: madam speaker, this body is numb. we forget we're a family, a dysfunctional family at times but we are a family and we all get to know each other. we all have a common passion for the values of this country that brought us here in the first place. and that is a remarkable story we heard unfolding about our good friend gabby giffords since this horrible tragedy first took place. all of us in this body share a unique sense of responsibility for what happened to our dear friend, her courageous staff and the incredible people who showed up to participate in democracy at that safeway in tucson on saturday. and i know that a lot of us had this shared experience of horror on saturday as we watched these horrible images appear in front of our eyes. i want to take time briefly to talk about my good friend gabby, and it's ironic on this day when our president is in tucson, honoring the memory of those who lost their lives and those struggling to put their lives back together that my connection with gabby and president obama go

pallone: thank you, madam speaker. today is rules package -- today's rules package reveals one thing and it is hi pack rassy. the republicans' first act in the majority will be to allow a legislative process that goes back to exploding our national debt. it will replace a strict pay-as-you-go policy to cut-as-you-go in which mandatory spending that needs to be paid for but tax cuts do not. that means republicans can tut taxes for the rich and increasing the deficit as they do it. but, madam speaker, it gets worse. the republicans know the new health care reform bill reduces the deficit by over $1 trillion over the next two decades. and they put an exemption in their rule, as long as we're repealing the health care reform we can -- they're failing to live up to the standard they have set for themselves. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will receive a message. the messenger: mr. speaker, a message from the president of the united states. the secretary: mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: mr. secretary. the secretary:

madam speaker. yesterday this house voted without a single hearing or markup, without a single amendment to eliminate the affordable care act in its entirety. the members who voted for that bill voted to return to the days when insurance companies could discriminate against people based on pre-existing conditions. they voted to eliminate the ban on annual and lifetime limits on care. they voted to eliminate the ability for young people to stay on their parents' insurance plan up to the age of 26. they voted to reopen the doughnut hole in medicare, basically they voted for a tax increase on senior citizens who need prescription drugs. they voted to eliminate tax credits for small businesses who want to do the right thing and provide health insurance for their workers. all of that, madam speaker, would have the force of law. all of that was done with real legislative language. but not the resolution before us today. instead of real language that would provide real benefits to real americans, this reso

andrews: thank you, madam speaker. to the gentleman, the question that i asked, will the bill that eventually has numbers in it have a 25% cut by going back to 2006 or 22% by going back to 2008? mr. dreier: if the gentleman will yield, i'm happy to answer my friend by saying the house will work its will. it's one of the things speaker boehner has made very clear -- mr. andrews: reclaiming mytime. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reclaims his time. mr. andrews: i would ask what the bill that the leadership brings to the floor will ask for, a 25% cut that goes back to 2006 or a 22% back to 2008? mr. dreier: i thank the gentleman for yielding. speaker boehner, who is the leader of this house both republicans and democrats alike and obviously the leader of republicans said this morning in a meeting as he said repeatedly the house is going to work its will. we'll do something that hasn't been done especially on the appropriations process in the last two years. we're going to have a gate to allow the majority of this i

pence: thank you, madam speaker. support of the rule but i rise from my heart with a deep sense of gratitude to the american people. to urge my colleagues in both parties to join us as we keep our promise to the american people and next week vote to repeal their government takeover of health care, lock, sew stock -- stock, and barrel. i know democrats said at the time that they had made history. i said at the time i thought we broke with history. we broke with some of our finest traditions, limited government, personal responsibility, and most profoundly the consent of the governed. on a late sunday night in march, the last majority had their stay . on a tuesday in november the american people had their say. and that brings us to this moment. it is remarkable to hear members in the minority explaining their opposition to this bill. only in washington, d.c., a year ago, only in washington, d.c., could you say you were going to spend trillions of dollars and save people money, and this morning only in washington, d.c.,

pence: thank you, madam speaker. i rise in support of the rule but i rise from my heart with a deep sense of gratitude to the american people. to urge my colleagues in both parties to join us as we keep our promise to the american people and next week vote to repeal their government takeover of health care, lock, sew stock -- stock, and barrel. i know democrats said at the time that they had made history. i said at the time i thought we broke with history. we broke with some of our finest traditions, limited government, personal responsibility, and most profoundly the consent of the governed. on a late sunday night in march, the last majority had their stay . on a tuesday in november the american people had their say. and that brings us to this moment. it is remarkable to hear members in the minority explaining their opposition to this bill. only in washington, d.c., a year ago, only in washington, d.c., could you say you were going to spend trillions of dollars and save people money, and this morning only in washing

latham: thank you, madam speaker. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. latham: mr. speaker, i rise today in support of h.res. 49, providing capital flown flags for recipients of the medal of honor. mr. speaker, the resolution is simple, its language is succinct, but it is so much more significant than mere symbolism. this resolution provides a family member or the medal of honor recipient themselves a u.s. flag flown over this capitol along with the certificate which reads, quote, this flag has been flown over the united states capitol in honor of the service and sacrifice of recipients of the medal of honor. the highest honest awarded to members of the armed forces for valor in combat with profound gratitude on behalf of the united states house of representatives. madam speaker, the medal of honor is the highest honor awarded to members of the armed forces and to these medal of honor recipients we as a country, as one nation, and as this collective h

cantor: thank you, madam speaker.i yield one minute to the speaker of the house, the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the house, is recognized for one minute. the speaker: madam speaker, my colleagues today, we are called here to mourn. an unspeakable act of violence has taken six innocent lives and left several more, including our colleague, gabrielle giffords, battling for theirs. these are difficult hours for our country. among the fallen is gave zimmerman, a member of congresswoman giffords' staff, a public servant of the highest caliber, one of our own. and even in our shock, we are composed and determined to fulfill our calling to represent our constituents. this is the great cause for which gave gave his life. we swore an oath to uphold the constitution and at the time of the attack, he was engaged in the most simple and direct of democratic rituals. listening to the people. listening to his neighbors. the brutality that shattered saturday morning's calm was

madam president, i yield the floor. mr. durbin: madam president?he presiding officer: the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: thank you, madam president. last week, the president of china came to chicago. he had visited washington, d.c., -- the presiding officer: will the senator hold? under the previous order, the leadership time is reserved. under the previous order, the senate will be in a period of morning business with senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each. the senator from illinois. mr. durbin: thank you, madam president. as i was saying last week the president of china came to chicago after visiting washington and he was received in a gala manner in that great city and i happened to be there for the dinner. the leaders of the community and businesses all there because china has become an important part of american life. it wasn't that long ago that china was really stuck in the past. we can recall the chinese and their green quilted identical clothes on their bicycles holding their little red books of the chairman mao'

thank you, madam speaker. i yield back the balance of my time.re: the gentlewoman yields back. the gentleman from virginia. mr. cantor: madam speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cantor: this week most members of the house will gather briefly here in washington, but our hearts and spirits will be in arizona. the unspeakable tragedy in tucson last saturday came as a complete shock, casting a pall over the entire nation. with this resolution we join 300 million americans and millions of others around the world in showing our solidarity with congresswoman giffords and the rest of the victims. gabby serves arizona's eighth district with distinction and thoughtful leadership and we are all praying for her speedy recovery. saturday's cowardly crime was more than just an attack on dozens of innocent americans at a grocery store. it was an attack of the very essence of democracy and representative government. an assault on the open exchange of ideas between legislators and the peopl

thank you, madam speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan is recognized. >> thank you, madam speaker, i yield myself 4 1/2 minutes. the speaker: the gentleman is recognized. >> the democrats' health care law is fundamentally flawed and we will vote to repeal it today. the problem with this law, among its many faults is it puts government at the center of health care decisions, not doctors and patients. mr. camp: instead of families deciding what coverage is best for them this law has the secretary of health and human services making that choice. instead of families and employers deciding how much they can afford, the i.r.s. a making that -- is making that decision. instead of families and employers deciding if they need health insurance, the government is mandating they purchase it. this is all about the government. it's washington knows best and it's wrong. by virtually every measure, this law is a failure. the health care law fai

madam speaker. yesterday this house voted without a single hearing or markup, without a single amendment to eliminate the affordable care act in its entirety. the members who voted for that bill voted to return to the days when insurance companies could discriminate against people based on pre-existing conditions. they voted to eliminate the ban on annual and lifetime limits on care. they voted to eliminate the ability for young people to stay on their parents' insurance plan up to the age of 26. they voted to reopen the doughnut hole in medicare, basically they voted for a tax increase on senior citizens who need prescription drugs. they voted to eliminate tax credits for small businesses who want to do the right thing and provide health insurance for their workers. all of that, madam speaker, would have the force of law. all of that was done with real legislative language. but not the resolution before us today. instead of real language that would provide real benefits to real americans, this reso

graves: thank you, madam speaker. at this time, i yield one minute to the gentlelady from north carolina a nurse and the new chairwoman of the subcommittee on health care and technology, mrs. ellmers. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from north carolina is recognized for one minute. mrs. ellmers: i ask unanimous consent that my remarks be revise and extend -- that i be able to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mrs. ellmers: when i ran for congress, i vowed to end obamacare. and with my first vote in the 112th congress, i will do so. as a nurse for 20 year, co-owner of a wounds care clinic and in practice with my husband in his general surgery practice, we know the problems that exist for americans in health care. instead of being a remedy to these problems, omaw -- obamacare has already done more harm than good to both the quality of health care in our country as well as our economy. as a nurse, i look for pathways to solutions, this is a problematic pathway, undoubtedly.

andrews: thank you, madam speaker. to the gentleman, the question that i asked, will the bill that eventually has numbers in it have a 25% cut by going back to 2006 or 22% by going back to 2008? mr. dreier: if the gentleman will yield, i'm happy to answer my friend by saying the house will work its will. it's one of the things speaker boehner has made very clear -- mr. andrews: reclaiming mytime. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reclaims his time. mr. andrews: i would ask what the bill that the leadership brings to the floor will ask for, a 25% cut that goes back to 2006 or a 22% back to 2008? mr. dreier: i thank the gentleman for yielding. speaker boehner, who is the leader of this house both republicans and democrats alike and obviously the leader of republicans said this morning in a meeting as he said repeatedly the house is going to work its will. we'll do something that hasn't been done especially on the appropriations process in the last two years. we're going to have a gate to allow the majority of this i

walz: thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to state my strong opposition to the repealing of the affordable care act. it will eliminate consumer protections, raise taxes on small businesses, explode deficits and put insurance c.e.o.'s between americans and their doctor. i represent mayo clinic. they are a symbol when we deliver the world's highest quality care at the most efficient and effective costs. when we passed this law last year, they said it was a good first step and i agree. now is not the time to step backwards. folks in my district are seeing the benefits of this law. seniors have help for getting prescription drugs and saving money and just a few weeks ago, i received a letter from a dad in my district named paul. his son is 21, works part-time and has diabetes. joe couldn't get the insurance he needed to pay for the expensive equipment he needs to stay healthy and alive. paul said thank you for passing the affordable care act. because of the law, joe got back on his parents' insurance. a vote to repea

andrews: thank you, madam speaker.o the gentleman, the question that i asked, will the bill that eventually has numbers in it have a 25% cut by going back to 2006 or 22% by going back to 2008? mr. dreier: if the gentleman will yield, i'm happy to answer my friend by saying the house will work its will. it's one of the things speaker boehner has made very clear -- mr. andrews: reclaiming mytime. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reclaims his time. mr. andrews: i would ask what the bill that the leadership brings to the floor will ask for, a 25% cut that goes back to 2006 or a 22% back to 2008? mr. dreier: i thank the gentleman for yielding. speaker boehner, who is the leader of this house both republicans and democrats alike and obviously the leader of republicans said this morning in a meeting as he said repeatedly the house is going to work its will. we'll do something that hasn't been done especially on the appropriations process in the last two years. we're going to have a gate to allow the majority of this ins

cantor: thank you, madam speaker.e minute to the speaker of the house, the gentleman from ohio. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio, the speaker of the house, is recognized for one minute. the speaker: madam speaker, my colleagues today, we are called here to mourn. an unspeakable act of violence has taken six innocent lives and left several more, including our coeague, gabrielle giffords, battling for theirs. these are difficult hours for our country. among the fallen is gave zimmerman, a member of congresswoman giffords' staff, a public servant of the highest caliber, one of our own. and even in our shock, we are composed and determined to fulfill our calling to represent our constituents. this is the great cause for which gave gave his life. we swore an oath to uphold the constitution and at the time of the attack, he was engaged in the most simple and direct of democratic rituals. listening to the people. listening to his neighbors. the brutality that shattered saturday morning's calm was devastating

wyden: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from oregon. mr. wyden: madam president, senator udall and senator merkley have waited a great length of time in order to make their remarks. i just wanted to propound a unanimous consent request at this time. the presiding officer: the senator is recognized. mr. wyden: madam president, at this point, senator udall would be the next speaker, there would be a republican who would speak next, and i'm very hopeful that that will be senator grassley, because he and i have been partners for almost 14 years in this effort to force the united states senate to do public business in public and get rid of these secret holds. so after senator udall, there would be senator grassley. after senator grassley, there would be my friend and colleag colleague, senator merkley, who would speak. at that time, there would be a republican who would be next in the queue to speak. and so my unanimous consent request, madam president, is at that point, i would like to be able

cohen: thank you, madam speaker. i am a member of the class of 2006 which representative giffords was a member of. we had the opportunity to go through orientation with her, meet with speaker pelosi on many occasions and share many activities. gabrielle giffords is a tremendous member of this house, bright, caring, beautiful and we all pray for her recovery and that she ces back and works with us. i listened to her remarks on television when she talked about words having consequences and her brother-in-law who is up in space saying the same thing and it's true, words have consequences and we all need to be more concerned about how we speak about political opponents or people who have different perspectives than we do on political issues. we're all americans, we're all human beings and we all have similar goals and similar aspirations and even though we may differ on philosophy, that doesn't make us communist or socialist or wtever. we're all trying to make this government work and one thing that we know about the per

madam speaker.rday this house voted without a single hearing or markup, without a single amendment to eliminate the affordable care act in its entirety. the members who voted for that bill voted to return to the days when insurance companies could discriminate against people based on pre-existing conditions. they voted to eliminate the ban on annual and lifetime limits on care. they voted to eliminate the ability for young people to stay on their parents' insurance plan up to the age of 26. they voted to reopen the doughnut hole in medicare, basically they voted for a tax increase on senior citizens who need prescription drugs. they voted to eliminate tax credits for small businesses who want to do the right thing and provide health insurance for their workers. all of that, madam speaker, would have the force of law. all of that was done with real legislative language. but not the resolution before us today. instead of real language that would provide real benefits to real americans, this resolution

thank you, madam president. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the republican leader. mr. mcconnell: the colloquy which the majority leader and i are working on at the moment will reflect the entirety of our understanding. but with regard to comments about how we got to this place, let me just say first to my good friend from nevada, on several occasions i heard both him and the president of the united states talk about how much was accomplished in the last congress. so i'm often perplexed as to which was the case. either an extraordinary amount of legislation was passed and signed or the senate was obstructing. one or the other -- they couldn't both be true. i suspect that the real view that most historians will have is that the last congress passed a great deal of very significant legislation, and then we had a referendum on that november 2, and the american people changed the equation. but without getting back into that or a litany of complaints by the minority, the senate has heard them before, the principal complaint t

thank you madam speaker. >> the senator from tennessee. e >> madam president?oppo i have enjoyed this extensive opportunity to hear my colleagues on a very important subject, what the nature of the senate will be. i'm going to have about 10 minutes of remarks to comment on senator merkley and senator udall's comments and that i'm going to yield to senator, then senator from oregon, the other senator from oregon, senator wyden, for his colloquy. madam president if i could say anything from deep down within me to my colleagues who are so exercised about this, it would be this.es before we change the rules, use the rules. before we change the rules, use the rules.e've now we have talked about senator byrd a lot a because he understd the rules so well. s i bolten told the story of one senator baker became theea republican leader, the majority leader.d, in 1981 he went to see senator byrd the democratic leader and said senator byrd i'm suddenlytl be a geordie leader and i will never know the rules as well as you do so i will make a deal with'l you. i if you won't su

madam court, may we hear items 7? >> resolution concerning the appointment of harry kim and herb cohn to the san francisco relocation appeals board, terms ending january 2, 2012. chairperson kim: i want to thank everyone who came to the discussion with the supervisors. nearly half the applicants come forward? -- may we have of the applicants come forward? -- may we have the applicants come forward? separately, please. mr. kim, good afternoon. >> good afternoon and happy new year. congratulations, new supervisors jane kim and mr. farrell. sean elsbernd is district 7, where i lived a long time. i was here many times. the relocation appeals board -- i was appointed in 1993. i was a director from 1998 -- from 1992. i assisted dianne feinstein when she was mayor. the appoint me with some many civic duties. -- they have appointed me with so many civic duties. it is good to see some dear good friends back there. i see that we have eugene flannery, the secretary of the recreation appeals board commission. they are asking me t

akin: thank you, madam chair. i appreciate an opportunity to talk about a subject that i think has been on a lot of americans' minds over the past, particularly the last couple years, and it's the subject of spending cuts in the federal government. now, most people are perhaps tuned in to some other planet, they realize the federal government is spending more money than we take in so we are running all these deficits. therefore the idea is that we need to do some spending cuts. so that's what we wanted to talk about here for a little while. i'm joined by some good friends and very trusted congressmen on this subject. just to try to frame what we are talking about a little bit, and i usually have some charts to go along with this, but the charts haven't been printed yet, if you take a look, these are pretty simple numbers, if you take a look at the spending projection for 2011, it's $3,834 billion. and the income protection is $2, 567 billion. the two numbers aren't the same and basically we are spending more than

madam clerk, madam clerk, madam clerk. supervisor alioto-pier: it is hard to lose a vote, supervisor daly. president chiu: madam clerk, if you could call the roll on those who have been nominated, the first one being sheriff hennessey, unless anyone would like to withdraw any of the nominations. supervisor mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: i do not like the way this is degenerating. there is a lot of intrigue that seems to be piled on by whatever is being brokered, but in this case, i think this is a proper juncture to recall the nomination based on the previous counts, and i am not sure if we want to win of the list down, as well, so a motion to do that -- i am not sure if we want to winnow the list down. president chiu: supervisor mirkarimi has withdrawn the name of one. that is in his right to do. i know there is a question that was called. there were two seconds, and at this point, can we do that unanimously, or do we need a vote? ok, supervisor alioto-pier, would you like to finish your statement? supervisor mar. super

so congratulations, madame chair. i thank you for calling this timely and important briefing to examine the historic events occurring in sudan. i congratulate the people of southern sudan and join them in celebrating the completion of the referendum on the future status of their country. the u.n. monitoring panel assessed that the process was well organized and credible, and that is commendable given the serious time and resource constraints that preceded it. however, the voting last week marked only the beginning of what promises to be a long process, fraught with peril. it will take several weeks for the votes to be transmitted from the nearly 3,000 referendum centers to county and state levels, and on to khartoum before the results are announced. if the south has voted for secession, then potentially volatile issues remain to be resolved. among the most prominent is the demarcation of the border, including the division of the oil reserve region and fertile land. the sharing of oil reserves as well as debt and the q

madam clerk, are there any communications? clerk: yes, i have one, a charter section, submitted by former mayor gavin newsom, indicating the transfer between departments of eight personnel supporting the justice trafficking information system project, operations which will be transferred from the department of technology to the department of administrative services. this reorganization will become effective 30 days after unless approved by the board of supervisors. this was dated 2011. president chiu: if we can go to item number one? clerk: item number one, a public works code, about banners on the path of gold. president chiu: comments? roll call on item number one, please. clerk: [reading roll] there are 11 ayes. president chiu: this ordinance is finally passed. we will obviously skip over our 3:00 special order, and for members of the public, we will be considering the successor mayor appointed at 3:00 p.m., as agendized on our calendar. we do not have any 3:30 special accommodations today, and the special order, you can un